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Didn't know about the Old Firm record, but I saw enough of Slim Jim in the early sixties to be absolutely convinced he was the best footballer to wear our jersey. He was simply up there at the top of the pile back in the day. Difficult for an old codger to compare the best then with the so-called superstars of today, but I'm convinced he would be up there. It's all about personal opinions of course. 
And he had that gallous swagger as well, just glorious.,...

Off topic - wtf is Ibrox Tube Station? Have they renamed Copland Road Subway Station ?
sorry mate, couldn't resist.

Wonder how his bunions will hold up...

Yes, after almost 8 years, the tide has finally turned.
And it wasn't just a tide, it was a fucking tsunami. An unexpected yet totally  enormous force that pushed us right to the edge of existence. And what is nowadays colloquially called "the journey" was no straightforward journey, but a whirlpool path that pitted ourselves against bitter enemies stopping us moving forward or sideways, and always stabbing us in the back. 
2011 had been a good year for us.  In March a Jelavic inspired victory  against the tims in the league cup final led on to a 5-1 victory at Kilmarnock in May for our third title in a row. .With expectations high, new manager Ally McCoist  went 15 games unbeaten leading in to 2012. 
But then in Feb 2012 came the shock. Administration. And what followed was worse than any reasonable Gers fan could have imagined.  The distancing from us and increasing jealous hatred being expressed by a majority of fellow clubs,many of whom we had helped in the past. The organised contempt and punishments dished out by the football administrations. The humillties of corrupt ownership by robbers and charlatans, the threats of title stripping.  Then the politics against us within the football authorities, city council and national Government.
We were inches from  being destroyed by corrupt and self seeking political interests, all the way from the SFA and SPL administrations through corrupt city councils to the those most influential at the the top of nationalistic and socialist elite. (Oh. the irony of a Scottish national socialist elite, how fitting it is many within of them prefer a football team with a support that favours the Palestinian and Irish causes over British ones......)
 I strongly believe there was just one thing that saved us. And that one thing was a constant that could not be challenged or threatened, even destroyed, and would never surrender or allow our club to die.......our magnificent support.
8 stormy years we have had, and during that time our mainstay was the fans, fans who have waited and waited for the time when we are strong enough to fight back and then march onward and upward with renewed belief and confidence. 
  Now as we step onward in  2019, almost 8 horrible years since administration, we are no longer the threatened, or the underdogs, we are confident again.  We now have our best foot forward and our haters are the threatened ones 
The tide has indeed finally turned, and we look forward to sailing toward our future success, but most importantly........... we know our magnificent support is invincible to any storm.   Full steam ahead........
 
 
 
 

First game was 14 February 1962 v Standard Liege (European Cup quarter final).
I'll admit I had to Google the exact date - it was a wee while ago.

First game was 14 February 1962 v Standard Liege (European Cup quarter final).
I'll admit I had to Google the exact date - it was a wee while ago.

I thought that too when it first came out in 1964, so I bought it then. I've still got the original single - but no record player now!
I think I'll download a copy right now...
 
 

I thought that too when it first came out in 1964, so I bought it then. I've still got the original single - but no record player now!
I think I'll download a copy right now...